scream
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
sharp piercing cry
her screaming attracted the neighbors
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
utter a sudden loud cry
she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
he ducked at the screechings of shells
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
utter or declare in a very loud voice
You don't have to yell--I can hear you just fine
Types & categories
- shout hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a joke that seems extremely funny
Types & categories
- joke hypernym
Related & opposite
- howl derivation
Sense 6 verb
make a loud, piercing sound
Fighter planes are screaming through the skies
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Related & opposite
- screech derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scream |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pipe |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squawk |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | screechy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | call out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | call out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bellow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scream |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yelling |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | call |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | call out |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hollo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hurrah |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | halloo |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whoop |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pipe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yawl |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squawk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pipe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | scream |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | screechy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | cry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screamer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shout |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | howl |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | joke |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | screech |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |